EMD EXAM ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
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The Academy does not consider aspirin to be a blood thinner in response to Key
Question 5 on Protocol 21: "Does s/he have a bleeding disorder or is s/he on
blood thinners?"
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
Both ECHO- and DELTA-level Determinant Codes imply potentially critical, time-
sensitive situations.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
ECHO Determinant Codes were created to encourage agencies to send:
A.) The most cost-efficient response
B.) All available responders
C.) The absolute closest response of any trained crew
D.) Their most highly trained paramedic - ANSWER>>C.) The absolute closest
response of any trained crew
,ECHO codes only exist on Chief Complaint Protocols without DELTA codes.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
As a general rule, ECHO Codes are included on Chief Complaint Protocols that
involve significant scene safety risks.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
You will sometimes have enough information after hearing the caller's response
to, "Okay, tell me exactly what happened," to immediately initiate an ECHO
response for the patient.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
Which of the following complaints represents a situation that, without obtaining
any further information, could be properly categorized by an EMD into one of the
MPDS Chief Complaint Protocols?
A.) "He's just laying on the couch looking miserable. I think he's dying. Come
quick!
B.) "Something's wrong with my Mom. She needs an ambulance right away."
C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her throat. She can't
breathe at all!"
,D.) "He's been acting really sick since yesterday, and now he's getting even
worse." - ANSWER>>C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her
throat. She can't breathe at all!"
Immediately after initiating an ECHO response, you should:
A.) Provide applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
B.) Provide applicable Post-Dispatch Instructions from the corresponding Chief
Complaint Protocol.
C.) Return to the questioning sequence. - ANSWER>>A.) Provide applicable Case
Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
It is clearly a waste of time to ask additional Case Entry Questions and Chief
Complaint Key Questions after initiating a 7-ECHO-1 response and providing PDI-a
and PDI-f for person on fire.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
The ECHO send point under Case Entry Question 3 for 9-E-1, "Obviously NOT
BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic)," applies only to:
A.) non-traumatic situations when a caller reports that a patient is OBVIOUSLY
dead.
B.) traumatic-injury situations in which a patient is in desperate need of
SPECIALIZED rescue equipment.
C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously
provides information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also
, unconscious. - ANSWER>>C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the
caller spontaneously provides information indicating that the patient is not
breathing and is also unconscious.
An INEFFECTIVE BREATHING situation, when volunteered during Case Entry,
always warrants an ECHO-level response.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
For cases where a patient is currently hanging by the neck, and it is not an
OBVIOUS DEATH situation, you should first initiate a 9-E-3 response, provide Case
Entry PDI-a, then:
A.) ask if the patient is changing color and if s/he is still warn to try to determine if
the patient is still alive.
B.) instruct the caller not to move or touch anything at the scene in order to
preserve evidence.
C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me
if s/he's breathing." - ANSWER>>C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down
immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's breathing."
A caller tells you that she just found her 2-year-old son in their backyard
swimming pool and he is still under the water. After initiating a 14-E-2 response
and providing Case Entry PDI-a, you should:
A.) ask the caller about the size and depth of the pool and how good of a
swimmer they are to determine if it is safe to tell the caller to go in the water.
B.) Instruct the caller to immediately get the child out of the water.
ANSWERS | EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS| LATEST UPDATE
The Academy does not consider aspirin to be a blood thinner in response to Key
Question 5 on Protocol 21: "Does s/he have a bleeding disorder or is s/he on
blood thinners?"
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
Both ECHO- and DELTA-level Determinant Codes imply potentially critical, time-
sensitive situations.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
ECHO Determinant Codes were created to encourage agencies to send:
A.) The most cost-efficient response
B.) All available responders
C.) The absolute closest response of any trained crew
D.) Their most highly trained paramedic - ANSWER>>C.) The absolute closest
response of any trained crew
,ECHO codes only exist on Chief Complaint Protocols without DELTA codes.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
As a general rule, ECHO Codes are included on Chief Complaint Protocols that
involve significant scene safety risks.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
You will sometimes have enough information after hearing the caller's response
to, "Okay, tell me exactly what happened," to immediately initiate an ECHO
response for the patient.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>A.) True
Which of the following complaints represents a situation that, without obtaining
any further information, could be properly categorized by an EMD into one of the
MPDS Chief Complaint Protocols?
A.) "He's just laying on the couch looking miserable. I think he's dying. Come
quick!
B.) "Something's wrong with my Mom. She needs an ambulance right away."
C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her throat. She can't
breathe at all!"
,D.) "He's been acting really sick since yesterday, and now he's getting even
worse." - ANSWER>>C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her
throat. She can't breathe at all!"
Immediately after initiating an ECHO response, you should:
A.) Provide applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
B.) Provide applicable Post-Dispatch Instructions from the corresponding Chief
Complaint Protocol.
C.) Return to the questioning sequence. - ANSWER>>A.) Provide applicable Case
Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
It is clearly a waste of time to ask additional Case Entry Questions and Chief
Complaint Key Questions after initiating a 7-ECHO-1 response and providing PDI-a
and PDI-f for person on fire.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
The ECHO send point under Case Entry Question 3 for 9-E-1, "Obviously NOT
BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic)," applies only to:
A.) non-traumatic situations when a caller reports that a patient is OBVIOUSLY
dead.
B.) traumatic-injury situations in which a patient is in desperate need of
SPECIALIZED rescue equipment.
C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously
provides information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also
, unconscious. - ANSWER>>C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the
caller spontaneously provides information indicating that the patient is not
breathing and is also unconscious.
An INEFFECTIVE BREATHING situation, when volunteered during Case Entry,
always warrants an ECHO-level response.
A.) True
B.) False - ANSWER>>B.) False
For cases where a patient is currently hanging by the neck, and it is not an
OBVIOUS DEATH situation, you should first initiate a 9-E-3 response, provide Case
Entry PDI-a, then:
A.) ask if the patient is changing color and if s/he is still warn to try to determine if
the patient is still alive.
B.) instruct the caller not to move or touch anything at the scene in order to
preserve evidence.
C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me
if s/he's breathing." - ANSWER>>C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down
immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's breathing."
A caller tells you that she just found her 2-year-old son in their backyard
swimming pool and he is still under the water. After initiating a 14-E-2 response
and providing Case Entry PDI-a, you should:
A.) ask the caller about the size and depth of the pool and how good of a
swimmer they are to determine if it is safe to tell the caller to go in the water.
B.) Instruct the caller to immediately get the child out of the water.
